The GRiD
Scalable Computing Infrastructure for Compute Farms, Intra-, Extra-, and Internet
A Grid is a hardware/software/instruments infrastructure that provides dependable, consistent, pervasive, inexpensive access to computational & data capabilities.
Analogies: electrical power, water supply, telephony, human nervous system, ...
Computing & Collaboration Grids are emerging on top of the Internet as next level of the Advanced Web.